Heavenly bodies (Summer, 2014)

 

I lay down

On the cool grass

In the head of summer

And see the clouds

Entwined above,

Heavenly bodies

Embracing each other,

Shifted even

So slowly as to make

Easy to fit in the

Other’s perfection,

The huff and puff of

Our mundane existence

Unnoticed in the heat,

In their unrelenting need

To greet each other.

I law down on the cool grass

In this summer heat,

And think of you,

Recalling the movement

Of heavily bodies

Feeling how perfectly

They embraced,

We did with even

The simplest kiss,

I feel the earth’s movements

Under me as I wonder

If we are clouds

Engaging in the most

Primitive acts imaginable,

All the pieces of this

Puzzle coming together

For us.

 

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